Phalera amboinae C. Felder 1861
(formerly known as Phalaera amboinae)
NOTODONTINAE,   NOTODONTIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The moths of this species have patchy grey forewings with three wavy black lines across each one. The hindwings are pale grey. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

This species occurs in :

  • Queensland.


    Further reading :

    Baron Cajetan von Felder,
    Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre. L. Doleschall annis 1856-58 collectorum species novae,
    Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien,
    Volume 43, Part 1 (1861), p. 39, No. 95.


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    (written 16 December 2018)